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Saving a sample, 134 editing a sample – Roland Fantom-S88 User Manual

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Editing a Sample

Saving a Sample

A newly loaded sample, as well as any changes you’ve made in the
settings for a sample will be lost as soon as you turn off the power. If
you want to keep such data, you must save it as follows.

1. Press [SAMPLE EDIT].

1. Press [1 (Sample List)].

Samples displayed as “NEW” or “EDIT” have not yet been
saved.

2. Select the sample that you want to save.

If you want to select two or more samples, press [5 (Mark Set)] to
add a check mark (

✔) to the samples that you want to select. To

remove the check mark, press [4 (Mark Clear)].

If you hold down [SHIFT] and press [5 (Mark Set All)], a check
mark will be added to all samples of the selected bank. If you
hold down [SHIFT] and press [4 (Mark Clr All)], check marks
will be removed from all selected samples.

The edit screen for the selected sample will appear.

You can press [8 (Preview)] to audition the selected sample.

3. Press [WRITE].

The Write Menu screen will appear. Make sure that “Sample” is
highlighted.

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4. Press [3 (Sample)] or [ENTER].

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5. Assign a name to the sample.

• [1 (Change Type)]:Selects the type of character.

Each time you press this, you will alternately select the first
character of the uppercase alphabet (A), lowercase alphabet (a),
or numerals and symbols (0).

• [2 (Delete)]:Deletes the character at the cursor location, while

shifting the following characters to the left, closing the gap.

• [3 (Insert)]:Inserts a space at the cursor location.

,

:Moves the cursor (the location at which to enter/edit a

character).

,

:Switches letters between uppercase and lowercase.

• VALUE dial, [INC][DEC]:Selects characters.

* If you decide to discard your changes, press [7 (Cancel)].

* You can use the pads to specify characters (p. 25).

6. When you have finished inputting the name, press [8

(Write)].

A screen will appear allowing you to select the write-destination
sample.

7. Turn the VALUE dial or use [INC][DEC] or

to select

the write destination and sample number.

The write destination can be either the Fantom-S’s internal user
memory (User), or a memory card (Card).

8. Press [8 (Write)].

A message will ask you for confirmation.

Never switch off the Fantom-S while data is being saved.

If you have selected more than one sample, a message will ask
you to confirm the writing operation. Samples will be written
into the identical number corresponding to each bank of the
sample list. Sample names will be assigned automatically. If
you want to write the samples, press [8 (Exec)]. If you decide to
cancel, press [7 (Cancel)].